China's three-game winning streak in the group has been a key focus of the Chinese media, as the Chinese team has won three consecutive group stage games for the first time since participating in the sixth Asian Cup in 1976, and the best result in the final stage of the next nine Asian Cups has also been undefeated in the group stage.

In addition, the third round of the Chinese team against Palestine in the group stage in the half of the pass 462 times, is currently the most half of the entire Asian Cup group stage, with the group stage of the strength and weakness of the game is fully over, four 1/4 finals, two semi-finals, two 3, 4 finals and a final are unlikely to appear A team can pass more than 462 times in the half, that is to say, the number of half-time passes between the Chinese team and Palestine will become a record in this Asian Cup.

Coupled with the end of the curse of the previous win over Saudi Arabia, the Chinese team has set one record after another in the group stage of this Asian Cup.

The record may not have a bonus effect on the Chinese team's impact on the Asian Cup championship, but it is a great encouragement for Chinese fans.

The 2014-2015 La Liga season continued, during the three group games played by the Chinese team, Real Madrid drew 1:1 with Valencia away after the winter break, and the next two league games and a Spanish Copa del Rey 1/8 final were victorious, which also gave Tang Zheng a lot of stability, so that he could put all his mind on the Asian Cup.

According to the schedule, if the Chinese team can reach the final, Tang Zheng will miss all of Real Madrid's games in January, and Real Madrid's remaining opponents in January will not be enough to threaten Real Madrid's status in La Liga and the Copa del Rey.

They were the second leg of the Copa del Rey quarter-final against Granada, back-to-back away games against Getafe and Córdoba, and then at home against Real Sociedad.

Affected by the World Cup, the league schedule has been squeezed, and it is a normal result to have two matches in a week, but fortunately, Tang Zheng's teammates in Real Madrid are in excellent condition, especially Cristiano Ronaldo, who has just won the FIFA Golden Ball Award, is the biggest contributor to Real Madrid's winning streak.

In this way, Tang Zheng naturally has a lot of pressure on his body, and he can pay more attention to the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup.

Cristiano Ronaldo and other teammates also used text messages to tell Tang Zheng that the glory of the country ...... It's above all else!

The first quarter-finals were between Australia and Uzbekistan, and with home advantage, the host Australia defeated the Central Asian wolf Uzbekistan 2-0 with the veteran Cahill's solo goal and advanced to the semi-finals.

The quarter-finals between China and South Korea are the second quarter-finals of this Asian Cup, and the venue is Brisbane Stadium, where the Chinese team has won two games, and this stadium is also called the blessed land of the Chinese team by the media and fans.

However, whether they can beat South Korea in the end and advance to the semifinals depends on the specific performance of the players.

The big difference from the two group games won is that the 52,500-seat Brisbane Stadium is no longer occupied by Chinese players, but is divided by Australian fans to form a rivalry with South Korean fans.

However, the colors of the home jerseys of both teams are red, and if you don't distinguish them from the national flag and the banner and flag, you can't tell that the grandstand players belong to both camps.

However, it is not possible for the team to play in the same colour jersey, as that would cause the game to become extremely chaotic and directly increase the referee's judgment.

Of course, there is no need to worry about this, the Chinese team has a certain advantage in qualifying first in the group, that is, they can wear the traditional home color jersey, while the South Korean team has to change to the away white jersey.

It is worth mentioning that the coach of the South Korean team, Stillik, was very low-key at the regular press conference before the game, and he said in an interview with Chinese media: "The Chinese team that has won three consecutive games in the group is very strong, and it is very unfortunate for us to meet in the quarterfinals, but fate has chosen us, we should fight, as for the final result, it can only be decided by God." ”

The Chinese media were pleased with Stillik's low profile, but the South Korean media and fans were very unhappy.

Even though the overall strength of the Chinese team is now stronger than that of the South Korean team, they do not allow the head coach of the national team they support to admit it.

What if the strength is not as good?

Can't just do it?

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The second quarter-final between China and South Korea was played at the Brisbane Stadium two hours after the quarter-finals between Australia and Uzbekistan, and the 52,500-seat Brisbane Stadium was already full two hours before the game, with almost the entire stadium occupied by fans from both sides in red jerseys.

Only neutral fans in different colored shirts in the middle serve as the middle dividing point, but if you look closely, you can still tell which side is the Chinese fan and which side is the Korean fan.

An hour before the start of the game, the starting lineups of both sides appeared on the official website of the AFC, and the major media also got the starting lineups of both sides of the game for the first time.

The Chinese team and the South Korean team both presented the strongest lineups, and the official formation submitted by the Chinese team was 451.

The goalkeeper is Yan Junling, who plays for Dortmund, the four defenders are Li Xuepeng, Feng Xiaoting, Ren Hang and Zhang Linpeng, and the five midfielders are Zheng Zhi, Tang Zheng, Lu Liang, Hao Junmin and Sun Jingbo, and Gao Lin is at the front of the front line.

The official formation submitted by the South Korean team is 433, with the goalkeeper Kim Jin-hyun and the four defenders being Kim Jin-so, Kim Young-kwon, Kwak Tae-hui and Kim Chang-so.

The three midfielders are Park Joo-ho, Ji Sung-yong and Nam Tae-hee, and the three forwards are Son Heung-min, Lee Jeong-hyeon and Lee Geun-ho.

"Whoa—"

As time went on, the frenetic atmosphere at Brisbane Stadium became more and more frenetic, with deafening cheers that could be heard even from residential buildings a few kilometres away.

It is not difficult to see what fans on both sides are looking forward to this game.

The Chinese team has played two group games at Brisbane Stadium before, and the first knockout stage match was played in this 'blessed land', which also brought some psychological advantages to Chinese fans, so the cheers that broke out were a little more confident than those of South Korean fans.

Although South Korean fans are full of confidence in the Korean team, they are also worried that the Chinese team will play at a normal level, or even at a super level, and at that time, it will be very difficult for the Korean team to win the game.

You must know that the Chinese team finished sixth in the World Cup in Brazil last year, while the South Korean team did not qualify from the group.

In addition, the frontcourt attackers of the Chinese team, except for Gao Lin, are all playing in the top five European leagues, Lu Liang, Hao Junmin and even the main players of the Bundesliga giants, and Sun Jingbo is also basically sitting in the starting right winger position of Celta at the age of eighteen.

Tang Zheng, the biggest star of the Chinese team, is the winner of the 2013 FIFA Golden Ball Award, and if it weren't for the just-concluded 2014 FIFA annual awards ceremony Tang Zheng had no way to go to the scene, it is very likely to defend the FIFA Golden Ball Award.

Tang Zheng is also the biggest star in Asian football, and has the absolute ability to decide the outcome of the game.

In this case, the odds of a win for South Korea don't seem to be high.

"Whoa—"

The referee of the Sino-South Korean match was Ilmatov, the Asian golden whistle from Uzbekistan, who led the players from both sides into the stadium through the players' tunnel, and the fans on both sides in the stands subconsciously created huge cheers, adding to the frenzied atmosphere of this knockout match.

"Beep~"

After a series of necessary processes for the international competition, the referee on duty Ilmatov blew the whistle after the end of the watch, signaling that the war between China and South Korea has officially begun!

"CCTV, CCTV, audience friends, welcome to watch the live broadcast of the second quarter-final of the 16th Asian Cup in Australia in 2015, wearing red jerseys and red pants is the Chinese team, they attack from the left side of the broadcast screen to the right side of the ......"

At the same time, He Wei, the central 5 commentator, blurted out.

The Chinese team, which had the advantage of teeing, did not rush to drive the ball to the front court, but played control football under Tang Zheng's deliberate control.

Stillik seemed to have made a targeted deployment before the game, did not press forward at the first time, and chose to retreat to the half-court defense.

The defensive midfielder composed of Tang Zheng and Zheng Zhi not only has strong frontal defensive ability, but also has a very obvious organizational role in the offensive end, especially when the football is at Tang Zheng's feet, his open vision and passing accuracy are important offensive means for the Chinese team to tear through the opponent's defense.

South Korea's head coach Stillik naturally knows that his four-three-three formation is more like a variant of the four-five-one formation, and the position of Son Heung-min and Lee Geun-ho is not like a winger, but more like two wing-backs, and the focus is more on defense than attack.

The Chinese team's offensive organization is more fluid than last year's World Cup in Brazil, with the midfield triangle Tang Zheng, Zheng Zhi and Hao Junmin in close proximity, coupled with Lu Liang and Sun Jingbo, who have good technical ability at their feet, South Korean players cannot touch the football even if they press high near the midfield.

Instead of spending a lot of energy on useless work, it is better to focus more on the defensive end and wait for the opportunity to counterattack.

Son Heung-min has made rapid progress in the Bundesliga in the past two seasons, and has gradually become a core attacking player at Bayer Leverkusen, with super counter-attacking ability with the ball.

In the first five minutes of the game, the Chinese team dominated the field, with 75% possession, while the South Korean team only had a pitiful 25% possession, and most of the possession time was in the middle and backfield, but the South Korean fans at Brisbane Stadium did not lose confidence because of this, and they firmly believed that the national team they supported could find a quick counterattack with very little possession, and then defeated the Chinese team in one fell swoop and advanced to the semi-finals......

People have dreams, and Korean fans are even more so.

In the seventh minute, the Chinese team got the first shot of the game.

Tang Zheng suddenly accelerated about 40 meters from the bottom line on the right rib of the attack, shook off Ji Chengyong to get a passing opportunity, and then picked up his right foot and made a long pass directly.

The football had an obvious arc from the outside to the inside in mid-air, flying towards the South Korean team's penalty area, bypassing the heads of the double central defenders Kwak Tae-hui and Kim Young-kwon, and falling to the right rib of the South Korean team's penalty area.

Luckily, goalkeeper Kim Jin-hyun was very focused, flew to the side, and blocked the ball from the left post facing the broadcast screen.

Corner kick!

Lu Liang, who didn't score, looked a little frustrated, but he was not discouraged, but raised his fists and cheered himself up, striving to help the national team break the deadlock in the next opportunity!

Tang Zheng created a killing opportunity through a precise long pass, and the Korean defenders became extremely nervous in this corner kick opportunity.

Because Tang Zheng not only has super passing ability, but also has the ability to set the set.

In the Bundesliga, La Liga, the Champions League, and even the World Cup, there have been records of scoring goals from set-pieces, so the South Korean players did not dare to slack off, and even the head coach Stillik couldn't help but stand on the edge of the coach's command area.

If it weren't for the reminder of the fourth official, he wouldn't have known that his nervous upper body had crossed the sideline.

Hao Junmin's corner kick was too far behind, too far from Tang Zheng's position, Feng Xiaoting and Zhang Linpeng, who were ambushed at the back point, failed to grab the landing point, and the football was pushed out of the penalty area by Sun Xingmin, who was not dominant in height.

The South Korean fans in the stands breathed a sigh of relief, while the Chinese fans subconsciously held their heads in their hands, looking very sorry.

Indeed, in the face of South Korea's more conservative half-court defense, long-range shots and set-piece attacks are rare scoring opportunities for the Chinese team, and it is almost one less to waste a single time when there is a clear advantage in height.

Of course, this time Tang Zheng failed to reach the football and Artemisia Junmin's footwork was not well controlled, after all, the game CIA started less than ten minutes, and the foot feeling has not been fully found, Yang 5 commentator He Wei said: "As the game time deepens, I think our players will be in better and better condition, and there will be more and more scoring opportunities at that time, so the fans in front of the TV don't have to worry!"

In the ensuing matches, the Chinese team got a number of shots on goal, while the South Korean team only got one shot on goal.

This offensive opportunity can be said to be a hard-won opportunity for a quick counterattack, the football quickly passed from the backfield to the feet of Sun Xingmin, who participated in the attack in time, but Sun Xingmin did not have the ball at his feet for a long time, and he didn't feel very good.

Since the long-range shot is very blind, the effect naturally goes without saying, and it flies directly to the second-floor stands.

"Hahaha-"

So much so that the Chinese fans at the Brisbane stadium let out a loud laugh and laughed at Son Heung-min's 'clearance' shot.

Feeling the laughter on his face, Sun Xingmin was very unhappy, but he was helpless, after all, he didn't think about how to deal with the ball just now.

But...... If there is a chance next, you must make the Chinese fans in the stands despair!

However, the game did not wait for the Chinese fans to despair, and the South Korean fans who were worried about watching the game were the first to despair......

Tang Zheng, who dragged on to organize the attack, rarely had the opportunity to move forward and directly participate in the attack, so the South Korean players made the mistake of watching the game and not watching people.

Lu Liang shook Lee Geun-ho and Park Joo-ho on the left side of the attack in a row and then suddenly used the outside of his right foot to stealthily pass the ball to the middle, and the live broadcast director suddenly switched cameras, and a Chinese player wearing a red No. 10 jersey appeared on the broadcast screen.

Tang Zheng led the ball forward with his right foot, parked the football, and picked up his right foot 28 meters from the door without making any adjustments.

"-Tang Zheng!"

"Damn it!!"

At the same time, He Wei, the commentator of CCTV 5, and Li Minhao, the commentator of South Korea's SBS Sports TV, said in unison.

The only difference is that He Wei is chanting, and Li Minhao is exclaiming.